Arnold Hutschnecker Explained
| Arnold Aaron Hutschnecker |
| Birth Date: | 13 May 1898 |
| Death Place: | Sherman, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Education: | Humboldt University |
| Profession: | Doctor |
Arnold Aaron Hutschnecker (13 May 1898 – 28 December 2000) was an Austrian-American medical doctor with a specialisation in psychiatry.
Early life and education
Hutschnecker was born and grew up in Austria. He served in the Austro-Hungarian Army during World War I. He then studied medicine at Humboldt University, Berlin, specialized in psychiatry.
Career
Hutschnecker opened a medical practice in Berlin. He became a vocal critic of Adolf Hitler's National Socialist government. He emigrated to the United States in 1938 and settled in New York City, where he obtained a licence to practice internal medicine[1] and psychiatry.[2]
Among his patients was Richard Nixon.[3] [4] He also advised Nixon on child care policy, presenting a plan promoting daycare for preschool children in lower economic neighborhoods.[5]
He also developed a reputation and wrote articles on the psychology of leadership, and advised Gerald Ford.[6] He published a number of books, of which The Will to Live became a bestseller.
Hutschnecker was in the news when he wrote that politicians should be required to take a psychiatric examination before running for office.[7] He also suggested that all children be given a test to determine the likelihood of criminal behavior.[8] [9]
Hutschnecker died 28 December 2000, in Sherman, Connecticut.
Publications
- The Will to Live, Prentice-Hall 1951.[10]
- Love and Hate in Human Nature, Crowell, 1955.
- The Drive for Power, M.Evans and Comp. 1974
External links
Notes and References
- Book: Richard Reeves. President Nixon: Alone in the White House. registration. 10 October 2002. Simon and Schuster. 978-0-7432-2719-3. 92–.
- David L. Robb: The Gumshoe and the Shrink. Guenther Reinhardt, Dr. Arnold Hutschnecker, and the secret history of the 1969 Kennedy/Nixon election, Santa Monica Press 2012, 182
- Book: Arnold A. Hutschnecker, M.D.. The Drive for Power. 7 April 2014. M. Evans. 978-1-59077-323-9. 313–.
- Book: Mark Feldstein. Poisoning the Press: Richard Nixon, Jack Anderson, and the Rise of Washington's Scandal Culture. registration. 28 September 2010. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 978-1-4299-7897-2. 97–.
- Book: Mary Frances Berry. The Politics of Parenthood: Child Care, Women's Rights, and the Myth of the Good Mother. 1 March 1994. Penguin Publishing Group. 978-1-101-65145-2. 113–.
- Book: James Cannon. Gerald R. Ford: An Honorable Life. 2013. University of Michigan Press. 0-472-02946-0. 150–.
- Book: Andreas Killen. 1973 Nervous Breakdown: Watergate, Warhol, and the Birth of Post-Sixties America. 10 December 2008. Bloomsbury Publishing. 978-1-59691-999-0. 237–.
- Book: Norman K. Denzin. Children and their Caretake. Transaction Publishers. 978-1-4128-1951-0. 72–.
- Book: John Liebert. William J. Birnes. Suicidal Mass Murderers: A Criminological Study of Why They Kill. registration. 22 February 2011. CRC Press. 978-1-4200-7679-0. 88–.
- Book: Prepress Staff. Feelings Buried Alive Never Die. 1 February 2014. Olympus Publishing. 978-0-911207-02-6. 181–.
